Xabi Alonso interview; Robert Lewandowski's unforgettable quintuple

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Host Avi Creditor (twitter.com/avicreditor), SI Senior Writer Grant Wahl (twitter.com/grantwahl), and SI.com's Brian Straus (twitter.com/brianstraus) welcome the first Planet Futbol guest to have won a men's World Cup this week. Bayern Munich and Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso talks to Wahl about his career, the managers he's worked under, and whether Bayern will dominate the Bundesliga once again this season. The guys also recap Robert Lewandowski's insane nine-minute goal spree against Wolfsburg, and riff on some other eye-raising developments in the world of soccer. -- The Planet Futbol Podcast is sponsored by FanDuel. Enter promo code PLANET at FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at seatgeek.com. Enter code PLANET to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	There are a few things that happen in sports that you recognize instantly this is truly historic.
0:42.0	The quickest anyone has ever scored five goals in a game in the history of the top four European
0:49.2	leagues, a history that goes back a long, long time. that
0:55.0	that exiloration that Grant talked about just watching the five goal clips separate.
0:59.0	I mean there's still goals in isolation.
1:01.0	I think you've got to probably watch all 10 minutes and really get a sense of the gravity of what he accomplished.
1:07.0	Welcome to S.I's Planet Football Podcast, where each week we discuss the latest in the world of soccer.
1:13.0	I am S.I.com soccer editor,
1:15.0	Avi Creditor, joined today by S.I. senior writer Grant Wall
1:18.0	and S.I.com's Brian Strauss,
1:21.0	guys, welcome, welcome back to the show.
1:23.6	Good to be here.
1:24.4	Brian, how are you?
1:25.5	I'm surviving the Pope's visit.
1:27.4	Yeah, well, we're about to get it.
1:29.8	When's he coming?
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